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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Check out the USC Institute for Creative Technology’s 3-D image of the Parthenon.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 18 | www.dailytrojan.com monday, february 11, 2008
World traveler
Travel writer Jan Morris has breathed new life
into cities of the world for more than
half a century, writes Matt Brennan. 7
Caging the Cougars
USC junior center Nadia Parker leads the
Women of Troy with 23 points in
their win over Washington State. 16
By MARY SOL VALLE
Daily Trojan
A conference on the United
States’ new military operative in
Africa stressed the importance of
taking a supporting rather than a
dominating role in African foreign
policy.
The USC Center on Public Di-plomacy
and the USC Center for
International Studies organized
the Feb. 7-8 conference to open up
dialogue about the purpose and
intent of the U.S. Africa Com-mand
or AFRICOM.
AFRICOM is a new United
States military headquarters com-mitted
to assisting 53 African
nations in order to create stabil-ity
within their societies, allowing
economic and political growth, ac-cording
to AFRICOM’s website.
It was established one year ago by
President Bush.
The conference panelists con-tinually
stressed that AFRICOM
will use soft power when dealing
with African countries, a method
in which the United States will
play a background role, use tradi-tional
diplomacy and support as
well as work multilaterally with
A USC conference brings
together panelists to
discuss African Command.
African
foreign
policy
evaluated
| see africom, page 10 |
Annenberg professor will
step down because of illness
By ASHLEY REICH
Daily Trojan
Rick Meyer, an adjunct faculty
member at the Annenberg School of
Journalism and former Los Angeles
Times photojournalist, recently an-nounced
that this will be his last se-mester
teaching at USC, because of
his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was first diagnosed with Par-kinson’s
two years ago, after he no-ticed
a slight tremor in his right hand
and researched his symptoms on the
Internet.
“I realized I had all of these other
symptoms that I didn’t even realize I
had before,” Meyer said. “I went and
saw my doctor, and he confirmed it.”
Over the last year, Meyer tried
three different drugs to mask the
Parkinson’s symptoms, but experi-enced
severe side effects.
In addition to spending the last
year feeling ill from the drugs, Meyer
said his Parkinson’s-related symp-toms
have made it impossible for
him to continue teaching.
“I can’t write anymore, so that’s a
problem. I have a hard time typing,
which is another problem. Another
problem I have is controlling my
voice; it gets very light and hard to
hear because I can’t control my dia-phragm,”
Meyer said. “All of these
are fine motor control issues, so I
walk fine and can mow the lawn fine,
but I can’t fill out that grade sheet
quite as fine as I used to.”
Meyer joined the Annenberg fac-ulty
as an adjunct member in 2001,
after leaving the Times.
He was approached by Michael
Parks, director of the School of Jour-nalism,
who had worked with him at
the Times, to develop a photojournal-ism
course sequence.
This will be photojournalism
professor Rick Meyer’s last
semester teaching at USC.
| see meyer, page 2 |
Photo courtesy of Armando Brown
Hands-on experience | Photojournalism professor Rick Meyer
helps a student with the settings on a camera.
OPINION »
Rosaleen O’Sullivan
wonders what new
horrors the Military
Commissions Act will
bring.
PAGE 6
SPORTS »
The No. 6 USC men’s
tennis team remains
perfect with wins over
No. 33 Clemson and
No. 27 Boise State.
PAGE 11
New Year Celebration
The annual Golden Dragon
Parade in Chinatown has been a
Los Angeles tradition for more
than 100 years. This year’s parade
was held Feb. 9 to celebrate the
Feb. 7 Lunar New Year. According to
the Chinese Chamber of Commerce
of Los Angeles, more than 100,000
people line the streets of the parade
route each year. The event has
Above: Angelenos celebrate the
Lunar New Year at Chinatown’s
annual Golden Dragon Parade.
The event draws more than
100,000 people each year.
Ana-Claudia Magaña | Daily Trojan
expanded since the mid-1980s and
now includes marching bands,
government officials, local business
leaders, cultural groups and more
than two dozen floats.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Check out the USC Institute for Creative Technology’s 3-D image of the Parthenon.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 18 | www.dailytrojan.com monday, february 11, 2008
World traveler
Travel writer Jan Morris has breathed new life
into cities of the world for more than
half a century, writes Matt Brennan. 7
Caging the Cougars
USC junior center Nadia Parker leads the
Women of Troy with 23 points in
their win over Washington State. 16
By MARY SOL VALLE
Daily Trojan
A conference on the United
States’ new military operative in
Africa stressed the importance of
taking a supporting rather than a
dominating role in African foreign
policy.
The USC Center on Public Di-plomacy
and the USC Center for
International Studies organized
the Feb. 7-8 conference to open up
dialogue about the purpose and
intent of the U.S. Africa Com-mand
or AFRICOM.
AFRICOM is a new United
States military headquarters com-mitted
to assisting 53 African
nations in order to create stabil-ity
within their societies, allowing
economic and political growth, ac-cording
to AFRICOM’s website.
It was established one year ago by
President Bush.
The conference panelists con-tinually
stressed that AFRICOM
will use soft power when dealing
with African countries, a method
in which the United States will
play a background role, use tradi-tional
diplomacy and support as
well as work multilaterally with
A USC conference brings
together panelists to
discuss African Command.
African
foreign
policy
evaluated
| see africom, page 10 |
Annenberg professor will
step down because of illness
By ASHLEY REICH
Daily Trojan
Rick Meyer, an adjunct faculty
member at the Annenberg School of
Journalism and former Los Angeles
Times photojournalist, recently an-nounced
that this will be his last se-mester
teaching at USC, because of
his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was first diagnosed with Par-kinson’s
two years ago, after he no-ticed
a slight tremor in his right hand
and researched his symptoms on the
Internet.
“I realized I had all of these other
symptoms that I didn’t even realize I
had before,” Meyer said. “I went and
saw my doctor, and he confirmed it.”
Over the last year, Meyer tried
three different drugs to mask the
Parkinson’s symptoms, but experi-enced
severe side effects.
In addition to spending the last
year feeling ill from the drugs, Meyer
said his Parkinson’s-related symp-toms
have made it impossible for
him to continue teaching.
“I can’t write anymore, so that’s a
problem. I have a hard time typing,
which is another problem. Another
problem I have is controlling my
voice; it gets very light and hard to
hear because I can’t control my dia-phragm,”
Meyer said. “All of these
are fine motor control issues, so I
walk fine and can mow the lawn fine,
but I can’t fill out that grade sheet
quite as fine as I used to.”
Meyer joined the Annenberg fac-ulty
as an adjunct member in 2001,
after leaving the Times.
He was approached by Michael
Parks, director of the School of Jour-nalism,
who had worked with him at
the Times, to develop a photojournal-ism
course sequence.
This will be photojournalism
professor Rick Meyer’s last
semester teaching at USC.
| see meyer, page 2 |
Photo courtesy of Armando Brown
Hands-on experience | Photojournalism professor Rick Meyer
helps a student with the settings on a camera.
OPINION »
Rosaleen O’Sullivan
wonders what new
horrors the Military
Commissions Act will
bring.
PAGE 6
SPORTS »
The No. 6 USC men’s
tennis team remains
perfect with wins over
No. 33 Clemson and
No. 27 Boise State.
PAGE 11
New Year Celebration
The annual Golden Dragon
Parade in Chinatown has been a
Los Angeles tradition for more
than 100 years. This year’s parade
was held Feb. 9 to celebrate the
Feb. 7 Lunar New Year. According to
the Chinese Chamber of Commerce
of Los Angeles, more than 100,000
people line the streets of the parade
route each year. The event has
Above: Angelenos celebrate the
Lunar New Year at Chinatown’s
annual Golden Dragon Parade.
The event draws more than
100,000 people each year.
Ana-Claudia Magaña | Daily Trojan
expanded since the mid-1980s and
now includes marching bands,
government officials, local business
leaders, cultural groups and more
than two dozen floats.